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I agree with the sentiment, but disagree with the polling.
https://www.natesilver.net/p/trump-approval-ratings-nate-silver-bulletin Show's the Cheeto down
RCP shows him at least level with a few weeks ago, and way down overall.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating
There are others as well, but basically, he's beginning to hurt hard on some of the issues and that's making midterms looks difficult for the Republican next year. It's telling to me that he's stopped his tariff crusade, especially lifting ones on food. Also did the ACA extension, in spite of being so against it that he wanted to remove the filibuster. His staff is desperate for big wins and he's been stymied in finding them when the courts reject his deployments, curtail or.monitor his ICE raids, and even reject his parties gerrymandering attempts. Many many people are beginning to just ignore his histrionic, such as Ukraine and Europe, as well as China.
In essence, while I am not as optimistic as the article, as I think he's got lots of damage to be done under the news radar (like gutting the edu dept), I do think the middle ground who voted him in (the middle 20% of voting Americans, not the conservative 40%, or progressive 40%) has come to realize the folly of their choice... Or begun to.
I want to see polling from the realestclearestpolling.com and if it doesn't align with my expectations I'm going with bestestmostawesomepolling.com. I still have a few more. I'll keep searching for more.
Indeed, tis a cute jest about Confirmation Bias, which is fair in polling given the challenge it is.
Just a note that Real clear politics, the owner of realclearpolling.com was considered nonpartisan until a few years when more conservative influences have taken root. I point it out in contrast to Nate Silver who tends to lean left a bit.